The more you grow a desert rose, the thinner it gets, yet its caudex keeps getting thicker, with lush branches and leaves and a pot full of blooms
What should you do if the stem of your desert rose gets thinner and thinner as you grow it?
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The desert rose is very easy to grow; as long as the soil is loose and airy and you keep up with fertilizing and watering, it will grow very well. If the stem of the desert rose you are growing gets thinner and thinner, it is certain that it is not growing new shoots either. New leaves are not growing either, and yellowing and leaf drop may even occur. This means you have not grown it well.
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If its stem keeps getting thinner, first you need to check whether you are watering and fertilizing too often. If you water and fertilize frequently but it still does not grow new leaves and the stem keeps getting thinner, then there is only one reason: its root system has gone bad, with root rot and so on. What you need to do now is completely remove its potting soil, check the root system to see whether there is any rot, and if you find rot, prune it off in time. Apply carbendazim to the wounds on the roots, place it in a cool, ventilated place to dry for a few days to let the wounds dry out, then replant it in fresh soil. After planting, water it thoroughly right away and place it in a cool, ventilated place.
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If there is no root rot, then it is caused by your failure to keep up with watering and fertilizing and by insufficient light. Plant growth cannot do without these things, and you are lacking them. To grow a desert rose well, it must have sufficient light, so put it in the place with the most abundant light. The principle for watering is to water it thoroughly once the potting soil has dried out completely. Be sure to plant it in loose, airy soil. Fertilize it two to three times a month. A mixed fertilizer with multiple elements is a good choice, or you can use a compound fertilizer, but you must get the concentration right. Give it sufficient light. Sufficient fertilizing. Water thoroughly once the potting soil has dried out. Grown this way during the growing season, the desert rose will not get thinner and thinner; it will only grow thicker and thicker and better and better, and it will bloom abundantly.
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